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Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since October 9, 2001
Original brown hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, slightly browne in places, 127pp, first edition, includes such artists as Ardizzone, Fraser, Keeping, Minton, Scarfe, Searle, Tunnicliffe etc Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 078310
Title: Drawing For Radio Times
Publisher: The Bodley Head, London
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). First Edition. Foreword by R. D. Underwood. The text is illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of artwork by various artists. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting the front fold over panel blurb " . A notable feature of Radio Times, Britain's biggest selling weekly, is the high quality of the drawings which illustrate programme announcements, especially for plays. In this book Adi Underwood, art editor of Radio Times from 1950 to 1960, brings together in alphabetical arrangement the work of some 35 illustrators â" including Edward Ardizzone, Susan Einzig, Eric Fraser, Leonard Rosoman and Robert Micklewright â" who have contributed regularly to Radio Times over the years." Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little bumping of the book corners. Fading to the top book edges with light tanning and faint foxing of the text block edges. Offset tanning and foxing to the end pages; with, scattered foxing throughout the book. Top inch of the front hinge has cracked and the underlying webbing is visible. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Some rubbing of the dustwrapper panels with some tears to the dustwrapper edges. Sunning to the back strip and to the rear panel. Staining to the rear panel with foxing of the fold over panels and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . [6], 127, [1] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; Film, Radio & Television. Inventory No: 50466. Seller Inventory # 50466
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. London 1961 first edition. Bodley Head. Hardcover thin octavo. 127p. Fully illustrated with line drawings on almost every page. The artists and samples of their work who have illustrated for Britains popular weekly "Radio Times". Fine in near Fine dj (price is clipped on dj. ). Seller Inventory # a104716
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked paper-covered boards in a very good, in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preservedoverall. Physical description; 127 pages illustrations. Subjects; Radio times. Illustrators, English. Illustrated periodicals. Magazines (Publications. Magazines (periodicals). Illustrated periodicals. Illustrators Great Britain. Magazine illustration. Magazine illustration 20th century. Illustrators, English. Magazine illustrationRadio programmes : broadcasting. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 394768
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Second Reader Bookshop, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing ("First Published" with date on copyright page). Very Good/Very Good Minus with light edgewear and chipping to Dust Jacket and no marks to text. First editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages. Seller Inventory # 83538
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BOUND IN BROWN CLOTH HARDCOVERS WITHBRIGHT GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1961 FIRST EDITION WITH FOREWORD BY ISHERWOOD, LATE EDITOR OF RADIO TIMES, IS VG IN VG JACKET(PRICE CLIPPED). 127pp WITH EXAMPLES OF ARTISTS(e.g.Edward Ardizzone) WHO HAVE WORKED FOR RADIO TIMES, AND SOME OF THEIR WORK. HE TELLS US WHY THEIR WORK WAS SUITABLE AND HOW THEIR EXPERIENCE WAS RELEVANT. NAME OF MARTI PEPPE TO FFEP, AND ONE SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO ONE CORNER OF JACKET. OTHERWISE VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 00221146
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good+. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 127. Foreword by the editor. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in brown paper-wrapped boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket price clipped and a very short closed tear on the front top edge, else fine. An especially crisp example. Usherwood was Radio Times Art Editor 1950-1960. Here he describes the context and merits of more than 30 illustrators' work shown, originally commissioned for the weekly magazine. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 3519
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked paper-covered boards in a very good, in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preservedoverall. Physical description; 127 pages illustrations. Subjects; Radio times. Illustrators, English. Illustrated periodicals. Magazines (Publications. Magazines (periodicals). Illustrated periodicals. Illustrators Great Britain. Magazine illustration. Magazine illustration 20th century. Illustrators, English. Magazine illustrationRadio programmes : broadcasting. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 394768
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good lightly used condition, slight curve to boards, light wear, minor marks, wrapper complete & in good condition, minor marks, not price clipped. Seller Inventory # 013612
Quantity: 1 available